Inland floodwater mosquito
The inland floodwater mosquito is one of the most common mosquitoes in the world. It has little B-shaped markings on the sides of its belly. Its eggs wait in dry ground for a flood, and when the water comes, they hatch.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
In some parts of Europe more than 8 out of 10 mosquitoes are this kind.
On a summer night, a single trap can catch up to 8,000 of them.
Its eggs can wait in the soil for a long time until water floods the spot.
It can spread heartworm to dogs, a sickness that harms their hearts.
The babies live in water from spring to late summer, and the grown-ups fly from May to October.
Most asked questions about Inland floodwater mosquito
?Why are there so many mosquitoes after a flood?
Because this mosquito's eggs lie in dry ground and hatch when water floods them.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aedes vexans
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Culicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Culicidae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
- Also known as
- Tomguito
Where the facts come from
- Aedes vexans (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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